“It’s going to be a pretty monumental task. We are doing it in two days. We are going to be doing about 1,300 to 1,400 vaccines per day. But we think that with pre-registering these people and working them through, we should be able to push that,” he said.
Doses will only be available to K-12 faculty who opted into being vaccinated with their districts, Patterson said.
“Let’s be really clear. Those are the numbers that were reported from each school district, public and private, in Clark County to the Educational Service Center. So if teachers and educators and custodians and bus drivers and secretaries, if they were on the fence and they said ‘I’m not sure if I want a vaccine or not’ we didn’t get a vaccine for them,” Patterson said. “We only got vaccines for those individuals who said ‘yes I want a dose here is my name put me on a list.’”
Employees who chose to opt into the vaccine will receive appointment scheduling information “directly from their employers,” Patterson said.
“Each district will have a point-person who will be able to help them. All of the teachers will be registering online. We will have those appointments available to them online. They will go on, schedule themselves and we will be ready to go,” Patterson said.
There is no reason for any K-12 employee to be “frantic” about wanting to schedule an appointment, Patterson said.
“If your name is Jane Doe, and you put your name in for a vaccine, there will be a vaccine with your name on it. There is no reason to panic. You’re going to get it,” Patterson said.
About 500 schools across the state are slated to begin vaccinating K-12 school staff as part of an effort to bring most students back to in-person or hybrid learning by March 1.
DeWine said the state’s goal is to have all school personnel who want the vaccine to have received their shot by the end of February.
People age 70 and older will be eligible to get vaccinated beginning Feb. 1. Vaccine clinics for the general public and school staff will be held separately. For more information on who currently qualifies for the COVID-19 vaccine and how to schedule an appointment, visit ccchd.com.
Clark County had 11,297 cases of the coronavirus as of Friday afternoon, according to the Ohio Department of Health. The county also had 276 deaths and 13 probable deaths, according to data from the CCCHD.
As of Friday, 10,374 vaccination shots have been given out in Clark County, according to ODH. That’s about 7.74% of the county’s population.
Ohio’s daily coronavirus case average dropped below 6,000 on Friday as the state’s cases dipped below 5,000, according to ODH. The state recorded 4,874 daily cases Friday after two consecutive days above 5,000. The state’s 21-day average is now 5,999 cases.
The state has not recorded more than 6,000 cases since Jan. 21. Throughout the pandemic, 888,590 total cases have been reported in Ohio.
Sixty-four deaths attributed to the virus were reported on Friday, for a total of 11,070, according to ODH.
Clark County COVID-19 providers (Appointments required)
CVS Pharmacy, located at 2565 E. Main St., is scheduling appointments online at cvs.com/vaccine or via the CVS app.
Walgreens, located at 2609 E. Main St., is scheduling appointments at online at walgreens.com/findcare/vaccination/COVID-19.
Rocking Horse Community Health Center, located at 651 S. Limestone St., is offering vaccine appointments only during varied hours. Rocking Horse patients will take priority. Valid identification and insurance information will be collected, however, no one will be turned away due to insurance status. To schedule an appointment contact 937-525-4521.
New Carlisle Community Health Center, located at 106 N. Main St. in New Carlisle, is scheduling appointments by phone at 937-543-0310.
Three Springfield-area Kroger pharmacy locations — 2728 East Main Street, 965 North Bechtle Avenue, and 2989 Derr Road — are offering the vaccine. Customers are encouraged to visit kroger.com/ohiocovidvaccine or call their COVID-19 vaccine helpline at 866-211-5320 for the latest information.
Discount Drug Mart, located at 7617 Dayton Springfield Rd. in Fairborn, is scheduling appointments on their website at clinic.discount-drugmart.com/covid/ or by phone at 937-863-0045.
Clark County Combined Health District is no longer accepting appointments for next week. The health district said they received an “extremely limited” allocation of doses for next week and appointments filled up quickly. Instead, the health district is encouraging residents to utilize on the county’s other providers.
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